Bai Shengyi sneered, completely ignoring her. Her feet didn't stop as she bypassed her and went downstairs.
"Bai Shengyi, I'm asking you a question. Do you have any manners!"
Sun Yun was surprised that Bai Shengyi didn't give her any face and dared to ignore her. She stepped back in anger and reached out to block Bai Shengyi.
"Chu Tianle, am I polite to people?" Bai Shengyi's path was blocked, and her face turned cold, her tone unfriendly.
Chu Tianle was still in a daze. Upon hearing this, he nodded and said, "Yes."
"What do you mean, Bai Shengyi? Do you have to make things so ugly?"
Sun Yun said angrily. She wasn't stupid, and Bai Shengyi was indirectly calling her inhuman.
She never liked Bai Shengyi in the first place, and now she felt even more that this woman was ungrateful.
"You're so annoying," Bai Shengyi started to retort impatiently. "You're the one looking for trouble, and you're the one who wants to reason. Do you think everyone should revolve around you and listen to you?"
"Fellow Daoist Sun, if you think today's arena match was too easy, I don't mind having another private brawl."
Bai Shengyi leaned forward slightly, looking down at Sun Yun.
Sun Yun, who had been arrogant just moments ago, felt a chill run down her spine as Bai Shengyi's dark eyes stared at her, nearly making her fall backward.
Just as she was angry that she was being suppressed by Bai Shengyi, her sharp eyes spotted Sun Ling and she quickly said, "Second Sister! Bai Shengyi is bullying me. Help me teach her a lesson quickly, or you won't see Lou Changxing this month."
She was fearless. After all, Lou Changxing only listened to her now, and the family relied on her to quickly agree to marry Lou Changxing.
That's right. Sun Yun, relying on Lou Changxing's affection, strung along both the Lou family and the Sun family. She said that she didn't want to snatch her sister's beloved and marry Lou Changxing, but at the same time, she kept in contact with Lou Changxing, making him even more infatuated with her and unable to do without her.
Besides these, Sun Yun also, behind her family's back, often threatened Sun Ling with Lou Changxing, making Sun Ling clean up her messes.
Sun Yun thought the same way today. Didn't Sun Ling want to befriend Bai Shengyi? Then she would force Sun Ling to break off with this woman, just like before.
Anyway, Sun Ling was gentle and refined, and she didn't lack friends.
However, Sun Yun was disappointed this time.
Sun Ling did not help her. Instead, she ignored her threat and refused her request, saying, "Yun'er, Fellow Daoist Bai is my new friend. She is righteous and kind. How could she bully you? You must have mistaken."
Sun Yun was dumbfounded.
"Second Sister! Do you still want to see..."
"Shut up!" Sun Ling frowned and cut her off. Although she was still gentle, there was a warning in her tone, "Do you want to escalate this matter to Father and Mother?"
She had known for a long time that Sun Yun had repeatedly threatened her by relying on her concern for Changxing. However, at that time, she thought that Changxing's memory recovery was hopeless. If he couldn't even see her, wouldn't she truly become a stranger in his life?
So she had compromised before.
But now, with Bai Shengyi's guarantee, Sun Ling was not so concerned about Sun Yun's threats. As long as she could remove the Xingjin from Changxing's body and restore everything to normal, she didn't mind falling out with Sun Yun.
In fact, she had tolerated this greedy and spoiled sister for a long time.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, I'll send you back." Sun Ling said with a smile. She ignored the stunned Sun Yun and walked to Bai Shengyi, politely extending her hand.
Bai Shengyi was very grateful for Sun Ling's kindness and said with a smile, "Then thank you, Fellow Daoist Sun."
The two walked past Sun Yun and went downstairs side by side.
"Stop! You can't leave!"
Sun Yun roared in exasperation. Looking at the backs of Bai Shengyi and Sun Ling, she actually threw an explosive talisman!
A fifth-tier talisman. If Bai Shengyi and Sun Ling hadn't been prepared and were caught in the blast, they would have been at least seriously injured.
Sun Yun seemed to have already seen the miserable state of the two, stomping her feet and coldly snorting, "Who told you to bully me? You deserve it."
As the explosive talisman was about to hit Bai Shengyi and the others, a vine suddenly shot out and lightly swept across the talisman...
"Boom!"
Crackling sounds accompanied the explosion, and then the stairs collapsed. Bai Shengyi, Sun Ling, and Chu Tianle had already walked downstairs, narrowly dodging the incident.
"Ah! Help! It hurts so much, help..." Sun Yun's screams and cries for help came from the corridor.
It turned out that just now, Sun Yun had been directly thrown down the collapsed stairs and buried within!
"Trying to harm others but getting buried yourself. That's what you deserve," Bai Shengyi said to Sun Ling, watching the farce. "Fellow Daoist Sun should hurry and help your sister. It sounds like she fell pretty badly."
Sun Ling, however, did not rush to leave. She chuckled awkwardly and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Bai, for your mercy. My sister has been spoiled since childhood. If she bothers you again in the future, you don't need to be polite."
Bai Shengyi nodded but said nothing.
After she and Chu Tianle returned to the inn, Chu Tianle said, "It seems that the Sun family is not at peace either. Sun Ling clearly resents Sun Yun."
"It's not surprising. No matter how gentle a person is, if their bottom line is crossed, they will retaliate," Bai Shengyi said.
Clearly, for Sun Ling, that person named Lou Changxing was her bottom line.
There was another competition in the evening, so the two only exchanged a few words before returning to their rooms to rest.
Although the fifth trial did not have a time limit for passing, it only recognized the top twenty-five. Therefore, it was still necessary to seize the time to score points.
For the next period of time, Bai Shengyi spent her days in such a busy, fulfilling, yet exhausting environment, either fighting in arena matches or resting and recovering.
Fortunately, during this period, no one with eyes dared to cause trouble, and Qianlian City remained open, with various cultivators coming and going, very lively.
Although others didn't interact much with students from the academy assessment, there were always new things happening in the city every day, preventing Bai Shengyi and the others from being too isolated and bored.
Bai Shengyi and Chu Tianle were quite capable in combat. Perhaps it was also because they hadn't encountered any famous figures. In any case, after five days, they had already accumulated 30 points, temporarily ranking second.
"There's an auction in the city today. Do you want to go, Shengyi? There's no arena match until tomorrow morning," Chu Tianle had been drinking again and consciously kept his distance from Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi was teasing the Qimeng Vine. Ever since the Qimeng Vine performed well last time, it had been acting cute and spoiled, and Bai Shengyi couldn't resist. She had kept it outside and wore it as a bracelet normally.
Hearing Chu Tianle's words, Bai Shengyi thought for a moment and said, "Okay. It's a good time for me to sell a few unused third-tier herbs."
She had obtained them during her previous expedition to the Dongyue Jungle.
Bai Shengyi excitedly rummaged through her storage bag and looked up, preparing to call Chu Tianle to set off. However, she found Chu Tianle looking at her with an embarrassed expression, hesitating to speak.
"What's wrong?" Bai Shengyi was puzzled. Did she say something wrong?
Chu Tianle said dryly, "Shengyi, at the auction in Qianlian City, spiritual herbs must be fifth-tier to participate in the auction."
Bai Shengyi: ...